A 30-year-old homeless man is accused of hiding in a German tourist’s RV to cross to Coupeville in a ferry, breaking into a couple of homes next to the ferry dock and drinking stolen booze until he passed out, court documents indicate.

Samuel Olmstead pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court March 26  to two counts of residential burglary. He’s being held on $100,000 bail.

Sgt. Mike Beech with the Island County Sheriff’s Office responded on Feb. 28 to a report of that an apparent homeless man who sneaked into an RV as it crossed from Port Townsend to Central Whidbey in a ferry. The man jumped out and wasn’t located, but was described as a six-foot tall white male with a sunburn.

Then on March 1, Deputy Marshal Chris Peabody with the Coupeville Marshal’s Office responded to a possible burglary at an unoccupied summer home near the ferry dock on Keystone Avenue. While he was checking the outside of the house, he saw a man sleeping on the floor of the house next door with alcohol bottles strewn about.

Beech responded to the home with a couple of other deputies. They entered  the house and woke up the man with a peeling face.

The intoxicated man, who identified himself as Olmstead, admitted that he hopped the RV to get to Whidbey. He said he had nowhere to go, so he entered the summer home and starting drinking whatever he could find. He then broke into the neighboring house to look for food, according to Beech’s report on the incident.

Olmstead said his plan was to hang out for a few more days and then take off on a motorcycle that was in the garage, the report indicates.

If convicted of the charges, Olmstead could face up to three years and seven months in prison under the standard sentencing range.